IPC::Semaphore(3) SysV Semaphore IPC object class

SYNOPSIS


use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_PRIVATE S_IRUSR S_IWUSR IPC_CREAT);
use IPC::Semaphore;
$sem = IPC::Semaphore->new(IPC_PRIVATE, 10, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | IPC_CREAT);
$sem->setall( (0) x 10);
@sem = $sem->getall;
$ncnt = $sem->getncnt;
$zcnt = $sem->getzcnt;
$ds = $sem->stat;
$sem->remove;

DESCRIPTION

A class providing an object based interface to SysV IPC semaphores.

METHODS

new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS )
Create a new semaphore set associated with "KEY". "NSEMS" is the number of semaphores in the set. A new set is created if
  • "KEY" is equal to "IPC_PRIVATE"
  • "KEY" does not already have a semaphore identifier associated with it, and "FLAGS & IPC_CREAT" is true.

On creation of a new semaphore set "FLAGS" is used to set the permissions. Be careful not to set any flags that the Sys V IPC implementation does not allow: in some systems setting execute bits makes the operations fail.

getall
Returns the values of the semaphore set as an array.
getncnt ( SEM )
Returns the number of processes waiting for the semaphore "SEM" to become greater than its current value
getpid ( SEM )
Returns the process id of the last process that performed an operation on the semaphore "SEM".
getval ( SEM )
Returns the current value of the semaphore "SEM".
getzcnt ( SEM )
Returns the number of processes waiting for the semaphore "SEM" to become zero.
id
Returns the system identifier for the semaphore set.
op ( OPLIST )
"OPLIST" is a list of operations to pass to "semop". "OPLIST" is a concatenation of smaller lists, each which has three values. The first is the semaphore number, the second is the operation and the last is a flags value. See semop for more details. For example 

    $sem->op(
        0, -1, IPC_NOWAIT,
        1,  1, IPC_NOWAIT
    );
remove
Remove and destroy the semaphore set from the system.
set ( STAT )
set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] )
"set" will set the following values of the "stat" structure associated with the semaphore set. 

    uid
    gid
    mode (only the permission bits)

"set" accepts either a stat object, as returned by the "stat" method, or a list of name-value pairs.

setall ( VALUES )
Sets all values in the semaphore set to those given on the "VALUES" list. "VALUES" must contain the correct number of values.
setval ( N , VALUE )
Set the "N"th value in the semaphore set to "VALUE"
stat
Returns an object of type "IPC::Semaphore::stat" which is a sub-class of "Class::Struct". It provides the following fields. For a description of these fields see your system documentation. 

    uid
    gid
    cuid
    cgid
    mode
    ctime
    otime
    nsems

AUTHORS

Graham Barr <[email protected]>, Marcus Holland-Moritz <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT

Version 2.x, Copyright (C) 2007-2013, Marcus Holland-Moritz.

Version 1.x, Copyright (c) 1997, Graham Barr.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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